Valerie Rhoe joined IFPRI in 2000 as a senior research assistant. In May 2007, Valerie joined the Development Strategy and Governance Division as Program Coordinator for its Nigeria Strategy Support Program. In addition to supporting the program coordination, she will be actively involved in the Program's capacity strengthening, communications, and monitoring and evaluation activities. Her previous work at IFPRI focused on strengthening the capacity of developing-country institutions to undertake food, agriculture, and nutrition policy analysis. She was also a key player in the initial set up of the Consultative Group on International Agriculture Research (CGIAR) distance education program - the Global Open Food and Agriculture University. She has taught courses on food security and communicating food policy research to graduate students, professors, and researchers and has conducted research on issues related to food security, rural poverty, capacity strengthening, and distance education. She earned a bachelor's degree in sociology and economics from Moravian College and her master's degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame.

• Zayed International Prize for the Environment

• South Asia
• Central Asia
• Sub-saharan Africa

• Food security and poverty in Central Asia
  2005. Babu, Suresh; Rhoe, Valerie. In Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia, S. Babu and S. Djalalov, eds. Natural Resource Management and Policy series, vol. 28. Norwell, Massachusetts: Springer.
• Economic assessment of agricultural biotechnology (GM crops)
  2005. Babu, Suresh; Rhoe, Valerie. In Biosafety of Transgenic Rice, V.L. Chopra, S. Shantharam, and R.P. Sharma, eds. National Academy of Agricultural Science: New Delhi, India.
• Food security and determinants of poverty in Central Asia: A case study from Kazakhstan
  2005. Rhoe, Valerie; Babu, Suresh; Reidhead, William. In Policy Reforms and Agriculture Development in Central Asia, S. Babu and S. Djalalov, eds. Natural Resource Management and Policy series, vol. 28. Norwell, Massachusetts: Springer
• Ecosystem conditions and human well-being
  2005. Levy, Marc; Babu, Suresh; Hamilton, Kirk; Rhoe, Valerie; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Chen, Ma; Reid, Walter; Sengupta, Debdatta; Ximing, Cai; Balmford,Andrew; Bond, William. In Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Current State and Trends: Findings of the Condition and Trends Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, ed. Washington, D.C.: Island Press.
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• Strengthening Africa's Capacity to Design and Implement Strategies for Food and Nutrition Security
  2004. Babu, Suresh.C,; Rhoe, Valerie; Temu, Andrew; Hendriks, Sheryl. 2020 Africa Conference Brief 7. IFPRI: Washington, D.C.
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• Assessing agricultural biotechnology: applications of Ex-ante and Ex-post methods to genetically modified crops
  2003. Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie. Asian Biotechnology and Development Review 5(3): 1-22.
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• Training and networking for faster agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Vietnam
  2003. Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie; Swinkels, R. Share -- Washington, D.C. World Bank.
• Agroforestry systems for food and nutrition security: potentials, pathways and policy research needs
  2002. Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie. Journal of Crop Production 6(1/2): 177-192.
• Designing nutrition interventions with food systems: planning, communication, monitoring and evaluation
  2002. Babu, Suresh Chandra; Rhoe, Valerie. Journal of Crop Production 6(1/2): 365-373.
• Institutions and institutional capacity for biotechnology: a case study of India
  Rhoe, Valerie; Shantharam, Sivramiah; Babu, Suresh Chandra. In Evensen, R.E., V. Santaniello, and D. Zilberman, eds. Economic and social issues in agricultural biotechnology. Pp. 269-285 -- Oxon, UK: CAB International. 2002.